Rupert's Rats

Former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown is almost always described as "dour," steeped in Presbyterian sobriety, but I must say that when it comes to anatomizing the Murdoch Empire, he has a catchy way with a phrase:

The former Prime Minister branded News International "a criminal media nexus" which "claimed to be on the side of the law-abiding citizen" but in fact stood "side-by-side with criminals against our citizens".

He went on: "Others have said that in the behaviour towards those without a voice of their own, News International descended from the gutter to the sewer.